TOLEDO, Ohio – Toledo sophomore Dennis Mutai was named Men's Cross Country Runner of the Week by the Mid-American Conference for his performance last Saturday at the Indiana State John McNichols Invitational.

Mutai won the men's 8K race with a time of 24:17.7, nearly 10 seconds ahead of the second-place runner from Louisville. He led the Toledo men's team to a runner-up finish in a field of 19 teams.

This was Mutai's first individual win as a Rocket and his first conference weekly honor.

Toledo's strong finish moved it up to a No. 9 ranking in the NCAA DI Great Lakes Region.